Holding a Certificate of Recognition from Energy Safety Canada is a premium asset for an Oilfield Service Company. It demonstrates a commitment to improving worker safety, reducing costs, and mitigating legal risk exposure. But like all assets, COR requires an investment in time and money to maintain. StreamTECH has identified these 5 tips for making that maintenance as easy as possible for your company.

• Know what is required for your Audit and prepare it. This may seem obvious, but while your focused on managing business operations, it can be easy for your company to be caught off-guard. Need a quick refresh? Check out the auditor checklist here to implement a process that ensures the generating of reports and meetings that meet every criterion.


• Involve your workers in the COR process early and often. Workers who are engaged in the decision-making surrounding safety feel empowered and generate better outcomes. They are more likely to fill out the paperwork on time, file it appropriately and be more mindful of safety while on the job.


• Stay organized throughout the year and not just for audit time! Cramming often leads to mistakes, burnout and unplanned overtime expenses. Having your paperwork and processes setup throughout the year helps you avoid any messes and catch and rectify any potential errors early on.


• Have everything ready for your auditor to review beforehand. This will save material time during the audit as you won’t be constantly searching for things as they are requested for review and allow your workers to get back to other tasks more quickly. Additionally, it has the added benefit of portraying your company in the best possible light.


• Digitize and automate when possible. Paper filing and analog processes take the most worker time to prepare and are the most likely to result in missing or incomplete documents. This could lead to failed audits even though the company is fully compliant. If you’d like to have a quick chatabout how StreamTECH can help with this tip, please reach out to us here.

Bonus Tip

• Standardized forms and meeting reports save time. This allows the workers to quickly become reporting pros and allows for faster review and correction from management. To help with this, StreamTECH is launching a free Resource Library, complete with COR approved safety forms ranging from Tailgate Meetings to Hazard IDs. Sign-up here.